Who Should I Trade?

Alexis Diaz for Joel Payamps (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	4	3
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.86	5.19
WHIP	1.43	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 433	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	7.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	9	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	9	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	9.39	‐

WHIP	1.70	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	3.5	2.6

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	4	3

Earned Runs	2	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	4	3

Walks	2	2

ERA	3.86	5.19

WHIP	1.43	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
News
	The Braves designated Joel Payamps for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st	The Rangers have outrighted right-hander Alexis Diaz to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
		Diaz allowed eight earned runs on three hits and four walks across 1.2 innings over three spring appearances, retiring just five of the 13 batters he faced and striking out one. He had entered camp competing for the Rangers' closer job. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL			Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#214	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#92
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#161
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#246	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#242
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Mon, May 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#394
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Tue, Jun 16th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#298
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#160
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#268
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#273	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#153
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Alexis Diaz for Joel Payamps (2026)

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